Activities

I’ve taught multiple sections of composition over the years and without fail a majority (but not all) of my students have little interest in...

To begin: I have students call out a list of abstractions. Usually we end up with some variation on the following: fear sadness joy depression ...

I’ve become familiar with the resistance to classroom discussions, but, until recently, I always assumed good discussions were lacking because students are, generally speaking, lacking in “critical thinking.” But last week, something happened that made me reconsider.